Romulan Coalition

[Will Karelia]

--Tactical Report--
By: Fleet Admiral William Karelia
Re: Romulan Coaltion

Very little is known about the Romulan Coalition, and most of what we do know comes from the Romulan Star Empire, which has been reluctant to give out information about the shady faction.

Coalition History, and their rise to power:

The Romulan Coalition is a tightly bound group of Romulan partisans who strongly opposed the new alliance with the Federation. These partisans began giving public speeches at the beginning of the Dominion War, defaming the Romulan government for allying itself with the Federation and the Klingons. In 2378, when the Romulans and the Federation officially allied with the signing of the Second Treaty of Algeron, the anti-Federation partisans stormed the Imperial Palace and attempted to overthrow the existing Romulan government. The Praetor himself was killed in the riot, and the surviving partisans were exiled from Romulan space. They fled to the galactic north, into the Delta Quadrant, while being chased by Imperial patrols. The partisans then founded the Romulan Coalition, whose capital is a space station that is yet to be located. The Empire, satisfied with it's victory, paid no attention as the Coalition was being formed. The Coalition continued to gain power, seizing parsec after parsec, as the Empire continued to pay no concern. The Coalition raided an undefended, backwater Imperial outpost, which was a turning point in the Coalitions rise to power. The Imperial leaders considered this a tiny matter, and didn't want to take any ships off the Klingon border to deal with the Coalition threat. What the Romulan governmental officials overlooked, however, is that this outpost contained vast amounts of computer knowledge, including detailed blueprints and scematics for the D'Deridex and Valdore Class Warbirds. The Coalition considered this a godsend. With the blueprints at their disposal, the Coalition shipyards were able to begin production of massive Romulan capital ships, capable of rivaling almost any Federation vessel. The Coalition also had access to seemingly unlimited resources, due to the presence of vast mineral fields to the galactic north-east of their borders.

First Contact:

The Federation Starship U.S.S. Tiberon was the first ship to ever come into direct contact with the Romulan Coalition, and the encounter resulted in the loss of 2 Coalition scoutships. The Coalition raiders were attempting to capture and salvage an Etherian generational ship, carrying over 3000 Etherian colonists. The U.S.S. Tiberon, then under the command of Captain Jeff Keach, attempted negotiation with the Coalition commanders, but to no avail. Captain Keach, determined to save the Etherians from sure destruction, had no choice but to open fire on the Romulan scoutships. The scoutships were no match for the Akira class starship, and were easily driven away.

Coalition Battle Tactics

The Romulan Coalition, unlike the Federation, rarely sends a single vessel on an exploration mission. The Coalition ships are almost always seen in packs of 2-4, and small cruiser fleets are sometimes accompanied by a warbird. The Coalition employs a massive fast-attack method for larger operations, amassing a large fleet of anywhere from 10 to 40 capital ships and warbirds who will drop in and decloak only once they are right on top of their target. They will then open fire simultaneously, and often coordinating fire at strategic points, to ensure a quick disabling of the target. This move is best countered by keeping all ships unclustered and coordinating fire on the vital systems of a single vessel, picking them off one by one. Coalition Warbirds are slow, and very suceptible to fighter or fast shuttle attacks. The cruisers can often be defeated in a one-on-one battle, if the opposing ship is of sufficient strength. Cruisers should not be engaged by any vessel less tactically inclined than an Intrepid Class. Science and transport vessels are no match for them. Warbirds should not be engaged by and vessel weaker than an Akira-Class. Smaller vessels, save for packs of Defiant Class ships, will be almost instantly overwhelmed.

Battle of Deep Space Twelve

The largest and most damaging conflict with the Romulan Coalition was the attack on the front-line starbase Deep Space Twelve. This station lies a mere 168.26 AU from the outer border of the Romulan Coalition. In November of 2379, the Coalition launched a large fleet of over 80 ships to conquer this roadblock in their expansion. Deep Space Twelve, a Halcyon-class starbase, holds advanced tactical information on even Starfleet's most powerful ships. Halcyon-class stations are even capable of supporting shipyard facilities. Once DS12 was in Coalition hands, it was a matter of time before the Coalition broke the encryption codes and gained vital knowledge on Starfleet hardware. Admiral William Karelia, leading a fleet consisting of the U.S.S. Tiberon, U.S.S. Sequoia, U.S.S. New Orleans, U.S.S. Evolution, U.S.S. Phoenix, and M.E.V. Paladin, gathered an infilrtration team to board the station and disable it's defenses. The team barricaded themselves in Engineering, working on breaking the Coalition's hold over the station's systems. The Starfleet task force, while greatly outgunned, succeeded with the assistance of a vessel of unknown classification, named the A.S.C. Revox, from a space power now known as the Delta Alliance.
Deep Space Twelve was reclaimed with very little loss of life, however, the starship U.S.S. Sequoia was destroyed in the encounter, and the Coalition leader, Admiral Regimal Allurian, managed to escape.

--End Report--

[Jorgen Salen]

This is very helpful information, Admiral, and I hope to use it in my latest mission.  I hope to put paid to Coalition Outposts in the disputed border zone even if the Romulan High Command wants to use my ship as a fall guy.